I have 2 driveways at home, one is at the front of the house, can hold 4 cars, and the second is on the side. This side driveway shares an access with the local water tower like so;

Behind said water tower there is a big soccer field, park, forrest, conservation area, just a big public space that people love to use, including myself.

There's a sign that says "no parking" in this access driveway so that park users know to park on the street, 20ft away, and most people are good about it.

Except soccer moms.

Every fucking night I get home from work to find my driveway blocked by some minivan, because the driver was too ignorant to give a fuck about the sign or my access to my own space.

I've left notes on windshields: friendly ones - "Hey, I can't get into my driveway, please park on the road next time :)", less-friendly ones - "Thank you for blocking access once again, the next time I'm calling the bylaw office", and angry ones - "Move your fucking car or I will have it towed".

I'm now at the point where I want to slash tires.

But why not park in my main driveway you ask? Well, let me answer that for you! My dad comes home 2 hours before me and parks on the left side of the drive, my mother an hour before me and parks on the right. We also leave the house in the same order. If I want to park in the main driveway, I need to drag someone out so we can play car-shuffle every night. Nothing painful, just inconvenient.

A few times, I parked on the street... and got a ticket. Another time I parked behind the offending minivan... and got a ticket - they didn't. I called the city to have them ticketed, they take up to 4 hours to come up, and by then, soccer mom is gone and I'm in bed so I don't care anymore.

No, the most effective way to deal with it is to call the local towing company. They will come and haul the car away at no charge to myself, and they will kindly deposit it at the local impound where it is strictly the problem of the minivan owner.

So how does this become a climbing post?

When I go to the local crag and see 5 topropes set up and nobody on them, it's like leaving your car in front of my driveway.

I can't safely or conveniently access the route when your rope is there. I can try to climb around it, like I could drive across my lawn to get to my driveway, but why should I?

If you don't have the common sense or consideration to pull your rope before walking away, I'm going to do it for you.

Just like I feel oh-so-tempted to key the minivan or slash the tires, I want to slice the rope in half. Maybe if you had to replace a few tires, or a few ropes, you wouldn't leave your shit lying around like you own the place.

Now to be clear, I'm not asking for advice on how to handle either situation, I don't give a shit about what you think I should do. This is just to explain my position on such a matter.

If you're hanging out in S. Ontario, you leave a cluster-fuck of ropes hanging all over a bunch of routes in a reasonably popular climbing area, walk away, and I come across it... I'll ask around to see who it belongs to, maybe say "don't be a douche" and leave it at that. But don't be surprised to find it in a knotted heap at the bottom of the cliff, with a little note that says "with love". Don't ask "Why is my rope in the mud instead of hung up after I left it for 3 hours?", you know why.

Just like I feel oh-so-tempted to key the minivan or slash the tires, I want to slice the rope in half... I'm not asking for advice on how to handle either situation, I don't give a shit about what you think I should do... don't be surprised to find it in a knotted heap at the bottom of the cliff, with a little note that says "with love"

I think I am seeing a pattern in this site . So I have a question, Do some of these people get their feelings hurt ,get in arguments ,get hurt , then make new accounts to make a new name and then be jerks just because they can . If so that's more childish then in the beginning of it all .

oh yeah ,leave peoples family and personal life out of it unless they bring them into it themselves with questions regarding climbing.

I think a backhand is more like throwing a frisbee or swinging a baseball bat. A forehand shot is not nearly so natural, so where does it get it's power from? The wrist snap. You can take that to the bank.

I think a backhand is more like throwing a frisbee or swinging a baseball bat. A forehand shot is not nearly so natural, so where does it get it's power from? The wrist snap. You can take that to the bank.

Power comes from using the the larger muscles (glutes and abs). Usually a "bitch slap" is done with feet square to the slapee and little to no twist of the body. If you get too much power into a slap you risk a wrist injury.

I personally would have used my jeep and shoved the minivan out of my way. Kartessa I recomend a tow strap and a big 4x4 truck. If your car or what ever you drive is not big enough to move soccer morons minivan than molitove coctail will allow you to remove extra weight until your car can move the reduced mnivan. Either way soccer moron will get the message.

I personally would have used my jeep and shoved the minivan out of my way. Kartessa I recomend a tow strap and a big 4x4 truck. If your car or what ever you drive is not big enough to move soccer morons minivan than molitove coctail will allow you to remove extra weight until your car can move the reduced mnivan. Either way soccer moron will get the message.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

You're the one tossing stones around. Oddly enough you're only tossing them at Kartessa. Creepy Stalker.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

You're the one tossing stones around. Oddly enough you're only tossing them at Kartessa. Creepy Stalker.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

You're the one tossing stones around. Oddly enough you're only tossing them at Kartessa. Creepy Stalker.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

You're the one tossing stones around. Oddly enough you're only tossing them at Kartessa. Creepy Stalker.

Its fun seeing the same 3 snipes over and over and over and over... God forbid he get creative.

I joined, and I am here. Stop, breath, and think. Maybe, just maybe if stop throwing stones, none will be thrown back. It's just a thought, or you could go eat your troubles away with some nice crispy bacon, on a cheeseburger, with lettuce and tomato so the guilt doesn't hurt too much.

You're the one tossing stones around. Oddly enough you're only tossing them at Kartessa. Creepy Stalker.

Its fun seeing the same 3 snipes over and over and over and over... God forbid he get creative.

I won't give it too long before he starts calling me a bad mother.

Hey Joe keeps following you around and Ma was nice enough to point out his stalking elsewhere on this site.

I wouldn't say you're a bad mother (nor would I call you one) as I've never met you or your son in person. I do think family gatherings at your mom and dad's would be entertaining though.

You seem hung up on judgement issues. I would never call a mother a bad mother. I have a mother, and a daughter, who has a mother. A good mother does her job as a mother to the best of her ability. When a person has an opinion of difference, name calling is the least productive action any person can make. It's also childish, and just mean. Lack of creativity is intentional here, it was done on purpose to not get into name calling. Or pass judgement on you living conditions.

There is another solution that I have used successfully once. After a final exam in college, I returned to my car to see someone had blocked me in. Fuming for a few minutes, an idea occurred to me. Could I somehow slide this car out of the way? I got motor oil out of my car and slathered it on the wheels of the car blocking me and simply bumped it aside with my hip. No damage to the car and I was out of there.

Now you on the other hand could enlist a few friends and just do the same thing to these cars blocking your driveway. Plus, it will be fun.

My friend did it to her (now ex) boyfriend when she caught him spending the night at another chick's house. Nothing crazy except it corroded the shit out of his engine and he was out $6k to replace it, the fuel tank, the lines and filter.